On Sunday while everyone else was having a great time eating barbeque, I spent the most of the day following my DH around in Home Depot. My DH… *sigh* I adore him. He’s a great husband and father, but a great handy man… he is not.

My DH watches home improvement shows and gets these crazy ideas that he too is a master carpenter, plumber and electrician.

A few years ago, we did a bit of remodeling in the living room. We had these horrible wood panels on the wall that I wanted removed. I wanted to call a professional to do it. But my DH said no. Because he’d watched an episode of Bob Vila’s Home Again here and there, he knew everything he needed to know about removing the panels and installing the sheet rock.

I had this nagging feeling that I should stand my ground and call a pro like I wanted to do. But I talked myself out of it figuring I’d let him have his fun. He walked around feeling proud with a tool belt around his waist and a chainsaw in his hand.

I was kinda curious as to why he needed a chainsaw to remove wall panels. But I kept my mouth shut. He knows what he’s doing… after all, he’d watch Bob Vila do the same thing, right??

I do not know how my DH managed to splice the support beam in the wall, but he did!! I do not think Bob Vila told him to do that! Long story short… a huge mess and lots of money to repair… oh and Bob Vila was officially banned from our TV.

I hear that CBS cancelled Bob Vila’s show last year. Serves him right for going around making DH’s like mine think they know anything about home improvement.

But anyway since that day, my DH has been prohibited from engaging in any home improvement projects.

That was about 7 years ago. Let me move ya’ll forward to today… well, actually to Sunday.

My DH sat me down to talk. He said that it has been a long time since he’d wore his tool belt and he needed to put it on once again so he can feel like a helpful, handy husband. And for his Father’s Day gift he wanted me to allow him to take on a home improvement project.

That is when I had to remind him about “the little chainsaw to the support beam” thing. I told him I understood his need to wear a tool belt, but he needed to take it slow… real doggone slow.

I compromised. I told him go ahead. Start a new project, but start a new project that required little or no tools and NO CHAINSAW! He asked what kind of project requires no tools. I had to think for awhile but I finally came up with something he could do… that hopefully would require only a screw driver and maybe a set of pliers and a hammer at the most.

I told him that he could redo the patio. By redo, I mean replace the furniture and upgrade the grill. Nothing too fancy… no need to replace the overhead covering or install new outdoor ceiling fans and lighting. All you need is just enough to get your jollies… then step away from the patio Mr. Handyman.

So this is how I ended up at Home Depot on Father’s Day. All in all, I really enjoyed hanging out at the Home Depot with my DH. The new furniture and grill looks nice. And the best part of it all was that we were able to get a fantastic deal.

We could have applied for a Home Depot credit card and made no payments and accrued no interest for 6 months. But instead we used our Citibank Home Depot Master Card and finally earned the enough points for a $60 gift card.

There was even a rebate offered on the new grill we bought. You can check here to see other Home Depot rebate offers.

And to top it off, we were able to use the 10% off coupon that I signed up for here.

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